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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:200;left:295">The Net Tender</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:289;left:295">Newsletter of St. Andrew &amp; St. John Episcopal Church </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:328;left:720">June 2010 </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:395;left:279"><B>CLEAN-UP DAYS </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:423;left:279"><B>AT ST. JOHN'S AND  ST. ANDREW’S </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:450;left:279"><B>BOTH FUN AND WORTHWHILE</B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2485;left:455">2 </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1462;left:58">In the middle of Arthur Ransome’s delightful chil-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1483;left:58">dren’s novel about accidental voyages, <I>We Didn’t </I></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1508;left:58"><I>Mean to Go to Sea, </I>the two oldest children John and </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1525;left:58">Susan Walker get into a serious fight about whether to </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1545;left:58">continue sailing for Holland through a deepening gale, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1566;left:58">fog, and the night. Or perhaps they should turn back </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1587;left:58">for England and an anxious mother on shore. The </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1607;left:58">young children had been sailing in the fens with a uni-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1628;left:58">versity student who went ashore for some gas for the </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1649;left:58">engine when they lost their anchor and start drifting </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1669;left:58">through the fog out to the shoals in the North Sea. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1690;left:58">John (14) and his slightly younger sister Susan (13) </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1711;left:58">are just on the cusp of young adulthood. (They also </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1732;left:58">have charge of their younger sister and brother.) </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1752;left:58">Surely their argument is as much about challenging </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1773;left:58">the eternal verities of their parents and trying to do </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1794;left:58">things in new ways, as it is about evaluating risks in </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1814;left:58">uncertain times. As it turns out they do arrive safely in </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1835;left:58">Holland with several surprises in store for them there. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1856;left:58">Ransome is our finest writer about sailing, (with all </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1876;left:58">due respect to William F. Buckley), and I strongly en-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1897;left:58">courage you all to read this wonderful story about </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1918;left:58">growing up and making the most of an unanticipated </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1939;left:58">adventure.   </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1980;left:58">I have neither John’s courage nor his competence at </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2001;left:58">the tiller, but I am reminded of this part of the Ran-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2021;left:58">some story, when everyone is seasick and uncertain, as </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2042;left:58">the four parishes continue discussions about how we </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2063;left:58">all can best serve together as Christ hands, feet, and </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2083;left:58">tongues on this island. St. Andrew and St. John could </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2104;left:58">and can return to the previous model of hiring a priest-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2125;left:58">in-charge and getting on with a discernment process </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2145;left:58">for the next rector. We could, figuratively speaking, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2166;left:58">“turn back for England". Or despite some uncertain-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2187;left:58">ties, we can press on for new ways of being a parish </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2208;left:58">that is not solely determined by the rector.  All four </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2228;left:58">parishes are experiencing static or declining atten-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2249;left:58">dance at services, a pattern for the past fifteen or more </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2270;left:58">years. Some of the parishes have more acute financial </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2290;left:58">challenges than others. All four parishes have an abun-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2311;left:58">dance of buildings. All four parishes need to engage </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2332;left:58">our community more effectively if we are to live the </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2352;left:58">gospel for future generations.   </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2394;left:58">I do not believe that that this is a prelude to closing a </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2415;left:58">parish or even necessarily having fewer clergy in the </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2435;left:58">future. Rather it is an effort to identify our common </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1462;left:463">gifts and to commit our common resources more ef-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1483;left:463">fectively towards our collective growth and </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1504;left:463">strength.  In past, our parishes sometimes have viewed </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1525;left:463">each other as competing with each other for members, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1545;left:463">rather than engaging with the wider community, espe-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1566;left:463">cially those who are unaffiliated with any religious </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1587;left:463">community. Rectors naturally have focused on minis-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1607;left:463">tering to their flocks, unable to join together in work-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1628;left:463">ing towards a common mission.  Getting out of our </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1649;left:463">“churchy” comfort zones will be no less of a challenge </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1669;left:463">than it always has been, (most especially for me), but </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1690;left:463">it is essential if we are to live Jesus’ message of recon-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1711;left:463">ciliation and transform our world as God calls us.   </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1752;left:463">In their argument over whether to turn back, John pre-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1773;left:463">vailed over Susan in part because he convinced her </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1794;left:463">that they could not jibe the boat just yet in heavy seas. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1814;left:463">That is a reminder that there are costs and benefits to </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1835;left:463">any choice the Vestry makes for the future of the par-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1856;left:463">ish. The four Walker children quickly learned how to </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1876;left:463">sail together, delegating tasks, taking turns at the </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1897;left:463">helm, and leaning how to cook on the coal stove with </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1918;left:463">stores that are miraculously sufficient for their voyage. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1939;left:463">Susan and John each drifted off to sleep on their re-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1959;left:463">spective watches. These children did not sail alone, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1980;left:463">and neither do we.  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2008;left:463">Faithfully, Ted Fletcher  </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1421;left:58"><B>SENIOR WARDEN'S BOSUN'S WHISTLE </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2090;left:476"><B>COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2124;left:475">• I was born in Canton, Ohio and adopted into my</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2147;left:489">family as an infant. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2167;left:475">• My father was the doctor for Ringling Brother’s </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2190;left:489">Circus in 1917. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2210;left:475">• I grew up in an old stage coach inn and later lived </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2232;left:489">in a 200 year old log cabin. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2252;left:475">• I’m a trained movie script continuity supervisor. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2274;left:475">• I once had a job selling bowling leagues. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2296;left:475">• I’m a farmer at heart and would like to raise goats </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2319;left:489">or sheep. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2339;left:475">• I would like to write a cookbook with my son and </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2362;left:489">own a restaurant. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2403;left:597"><B>WHO AM I? </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3673;left:455">3 </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3467;left:383"><B>NET TENDER DEADLINES </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3491;left:415">July issue — Friday, June 25th. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3512;left:405">August issue — Friday, July 23rd.  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3533;left:362">If you have anything you would like to submit  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3553;left:402">for consideration, please email it to  </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3574;left:421"><A href="mailto:stjohnandandrew@gmail.com" target="_blank">stjohnandandrew@gmail.com</A></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2609;left:346"><B>QUIETSIDE FESTIVAL NEWS </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2637;left:346">The plans for the Quietside Festival (<B><FONT color="#ff33cc" face="Times">Saturday, July 10</FONT></B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2637;left:760">) are moving </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2658;left:346">along.  If you would like to help Mary Mitchell (244-9951) and Ida </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2679;left:346">Smallidge (244-7266), please call them. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2708;left:346">On the day of the fair they need a lot of help.   </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2729;left:346">Clipboards for signing up to help will be starting </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2749;left:346">soon.  Here are some ways you can help – bake pies </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2770;left:346">and baked goods, create raffle baskets, and donate </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2791;left:346">silent auction items.  The day of the fair you can sell </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2811;left:346">tickets, man the lemonade and bake sale stands, sell   </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2832;left:342">raffle tickets and help with set-up and clean-up. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2865;left:58"><B>A few details: </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2882;left:58">Baskets and Silent Auction Items are due in the church office by July 8.   </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3136;left:58"><B>TWO BIG SALES  </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3163;left:58"><B>JUNE 11 / 12 and JULY 10!</B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3201;left:58"><B>First Big Sale</B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3222;left:58">Friday and Saturday, June 11 and 12, at Priscilla Trafton’s house, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3242;left:58">40 Seal Cove Road, from 7 AM – 3 PM.  Please bring items to </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3263;left:58">Priscilla’s by June 10 (the sooner the better for  pricing and arranging).  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3284;left:58">Help will be needed on the day of the sale. Clipboards will be at the </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3304;left:58">church for sign-up. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3335;left:58"><B>Second Big Sale (Treasure Trove)</B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3356;left:58">Saturday, July 10 during the Quietside Festival at St. John’s.  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3377;left:58">Bring items to Priscilla’s house by July 7. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2933;left:58"><B>FLOWERS AND PLANT SALE </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2961;left:227">The flower and plant committee (Karen Craig , 244-5267; Elaine Theriault, 244-9461; </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2982;left:227">Doris Walton, 288-5508; and Peggy Walls, 244-3416) are looking forward to another </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3003;left:227">successful plant sale.  When you are thinning plants in your garden think about the sale </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3023;left:227">and pot them up.  Bring the plants to the church from July 4</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3023;left:672">on and leave them under </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3044;left:227">the church steps. Please label the names of the plants and the color of their blooms. We</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3065;left:227">are looking forward to seeing everyone for a great fair day on Saturday, July 10</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3065;left:810">. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3085;left:227">Karen Craig </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2826;left:121">Ida and Mary, Co-Chairs </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3352;left:589">Kathleen, Karen, Sue, Mary (in blue wig),</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3369;left:673">Ida, and Patsy </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3387;left:641">sorting and pricing items</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4861;left:455">4 </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4166;left:140">Birthdays </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4222;left:206"><B>JUNE </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4243;left:161">1—Ted Bromage </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4263;left:155">7—Nicole Carreno </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4284;left:158">11—John Hewlett </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4305;left:161">15—Mary Vekasi </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4325;left:172">16—BJ Fallica </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4346;left:146">22—Betty Whittlesey </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4367;left:167">22—Jim Vekasi </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4388;left:162">27—Dean Henry </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4408;left:160">27—Bill Voorhies </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4438;left:151">Wedding</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4476;left:103">Anniversaries </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4528;left:206">JUNE </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4548;left:132">6—Joe and Cass Wright </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4569;left:109">7—Dana and Kathryn Hiscock </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4590;left:117">9—Scott and Chloe Hatcher </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4610;left:113">16—Sam and Mary Parkman </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4631;left:114">21—Chris and Elizabeth Kirk </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4652;left:90">27—Skip and Becky Buyers-Basso </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4672;left:120">27—Bill and Diane Krueger </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4693;left:132">29—Lee and Anne Judd </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4714;left:111">30—Sam and Mary Lawrence </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3797;left:58"><B>"COURTING IN CHURCH" </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3825;left:58">A young gentleman happening to sit at church in a pew adjoining one in which was a young lady, for whom he </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3846;left:58">conceived a sudden and violent passion, felt desirous of entering into courtship on the spot, but the place not </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3867;left:58">suiting a formal declaration, the exigency suggested the following plan: He politely handed his fair neighbour </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3887;left:58">a Bible, open, with a pin stuck in the following verse: Second Epistle of John, verse 7</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3887;left:684">. “And now I beseech </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3908;left:58">thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto you, but that which we had from the beginning, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3929;left:58">that we love one another.” She returned it with the following: Second chapter Ruth, 10</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3929;left:696">verse. “Then she fell </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3949;left:58">on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, ‘Why have I grace in thine eyes that thou </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3970;left:58">shouldst take notice of me, seeing I am a stranger?’” He returned the book, pointing to the twelfth verse of the </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3991;left:58">Third Epistle of John. “Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink; but I trust </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4012;left:58">to come unto you, and speak face to face.” From the above interview, the marriage took place the following </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4032;left:58">week. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4057;left:58"><I>– The Shamrock, Aug. 26, 1871</I></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4081;left:416"><B>WESTSIDE FOOD PANTRY</B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4109;left:416">While the season has come to a close for the Westside Food </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4129;left:416">Pantry, May has continued to see a number of fund raisers </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4150;left:416">designed to help us replenish our diminished coffers and pre-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4171;left:416">pare for next fall.  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4202;left:416">Touch-A-Truck was a HUGE success with over 600 people </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4223;left:416">attending.  This event gives kids of all ages an chance to get </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4243;left:416">in, climb on, and experience an ever expanding array of </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4264;left:416">maintenance, emergency, business, academic, construction, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4285;left:416">social, and just plain old “cool” vehicles  The fine guidance </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4305;left:416">of Carroll Fernald and Susan Allen pulled together a great </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4326;left:416">variety of these vehicles and volunteers.  Even the changing </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4347;left:416">weather did not dampen spirits.  It looked like many of the </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4367;left:416">attendees got lunch from the Maine-ly Meats wagon and then </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4388;left:416">took cover on the school bus while the rain passed.  Memo-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4409;left:416">ries were being made for and by all.  Next year looks to be </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4430;left:416">even bigger - someone has a race car they want to bring and </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4450;left:416">others, some mighty fine rigs as well.  Thank you to all who </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4471;left:416">helped and attended this very family friendly event. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4502;left:416">As I write this, the Bar Harbor Bank and Trust Golf Tourna-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4523;left:416">ment will take place Tuesday (May 25). Cass and Joe Wright </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4543;left:416">have done a great job coordinating this event, benefiting the </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4564;left:416">Westside Food Pantry as well as the Campfire Coalition and </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4585;left:416">Bar Harbor Food Pantry.  I hope the weather will be glorious.  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4606;left:416">I will report more fully next month. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4636;left:416">The Pantry has already assisted two clients with Emergency </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4657;left:416">Vouchers during May. Loaves &amp; Fishes and the Bar Harbor </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4678;left:416">Food Pantry are both open to our clients during our off sea-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4699;left:416">son. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4730;left:416">Be sure to take the time to stop by the church and see how </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4750;left:416">beautifully the Victory Garden is growing.  Cass Wright has </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4771;left:416">a great crew of volunteers but would happily welcome more </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4792;left:416">– no matter what color your thumb may be. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4819;left:416">Barbara Campbell</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4989;left:222"><B>WORSHIP SCHEDULE FOR JUNE </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5025;left:391"><B>Sunday, June 6 </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5044;left:243">8:00 and 10:00 a.m. — Holy Eucharist at St. John’s </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5073;left:347"><B>Sundays, June, 13, 20, 27</B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5092;left:180">8:00 a.m. — Holy Eucharist at St. Andrew by the Lake, Seal Cove </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5117;left:161">10:00 a.m. — Holy Eucharist at St. John the Divine, Southwest Harbor </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5145;left:311"><B>Wednesdays, June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30</B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5165;left:292">9:30 a.m.—Holy Eucharist at St. John’s </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5209;left:334"><B>Scripture Lessons </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5245;left:369"><B>Pentecost 2—June 6 </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5265;left:174">Psalm 146 or 30; 1 Kings 17:8-24; Galatians 1:11-24; Luke 7:11-17 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5293;left:363"><B>Pentecost 3—June 13 </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5313;left:170">Psalm 5:1-8 or 32; 1 Kings 21:1-14 or 2 Samuel 11:26-12:10, 13-15;  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5337;left:319">Galatians 2:15-21; Luke 7:36-8:3 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5366;left:363"><B>Pentecost 4—June 20</B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5385;left:187">Psalm 42 and 43 or 22:18-27; 1 Kings 19:1-15a or Isaiah 65:1-9; </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5409;left:322">Galatians 3:23-29; Luke 8:26-39 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5438;left:363"><B>Pentecost 5—June 27 </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5458;left:141">Psalm 77:1-2, 11-20 or 16; 2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14 or 1 Kings 19:15-16, 19-21; </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5482;left:311">Galatians 5:1, 13-25; Luke 9:51-62 </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5566;left:58"><B>THE FOOD PANTRY VICTORY GARDEN </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5594;left:240">Our Victory Garden is well underway this spring. The </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5614;left:240">produce will be distributed to neighbors who can use </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5635;left:240">the fresh vegetables to enhance their summer diets. We</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5656;left:240">have enlarged the garden plot and enlarged the scope of </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5677;left:240">the project in other ways as well.  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5706;left:240">Groups of school children from Pemetic will be helping </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5727;left:240">this spring and with the harvesting when they come</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5747;left:240">back to school in September. We are also partnering </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5768;left:240">with Harbor House and children from their summer </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5789;left:240">program will be helping in the garden.  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5818;left:240">We are very fortunate to have the services of three </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5839;left:240">Master Gardeners working to fulfill the volunteer com-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5859;left:240">ponent of the MG program.  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5889;left:58">There are plenty of activities and chores and any help you would like to provide would be wonderful. If you </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5909;left:58">would like to help or just stay informed, I can add you to the Gardeners Group mailing. Please consider this </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5930;left:58">ministry and call at 244-5459 or email at <FONT color="#0000ff" face="Times"><A href="mailto:cass363@gmail.com" target="_blank">cass363@gmail.com</A></FONT>. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5958;left:58">Thanks, Cass Wright</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6173;left:58"><B>BULLETS FROM THE MAY VESTRY MEETING </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6201;left:85">A congenial meeting followed by dinner was held at Ted’s family’s camp. The three priests from the other </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6222;left:85">Island Episcopal churches were participating guests. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6250;left:85">The four island parishes continue to discuss adopting an experimental six month period of sharing clergy </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6270;left:85">and pastoral resources starting in October, with pulpit sharing and joint services. <I>(We have learned in the </I></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6295;left:85"><I>past couple of days that the Vestrys of both Church of Our Father and St. Mary and St. Jude have raised </I></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6315;left:85"><I>some concerns and indicated some hesitation. But they are willing to participate in some less intensive </I></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6336;left:85"><I>ways.  So we need to figure out what those ways are and whether it makes sense.)</I></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6360;left:85">The vestry voted unanimously to proceed with the capital campaign once preparatory steps have been </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6381;left:85">taken. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6408;left:85">The asking price for the Sawyer house has been lowered. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6436;left:85">The Westside Food Pantry issued $77,480 in vouchers this past season, reflecting a 13% increase in need </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6456;left:85">over last year. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6484;left:85">Babysitting will be offered at St. John for the 10 o’clock service beginning the last week in June. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6512;left:85">Mary Mitchell is making progress recruiting volunteers for the Quietside Festival July 10</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6512;left:742">and a garage </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6532;left:85">sale on June 10-11 at Priscilla Trafton’s (40 Seal Cove Road, SWH), but more help is needed.  Call her at </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6553;left:85">244-9951 </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7078;left:58"><B>BISHOPSWOOD OPEN HOUSE </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7106;left:58">Family Contra Dance at Bishopswood! Sunday, May 30, 3-5 pm. Live Music, Caller, Fun for All! The Belfast </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7126;left:58">Bay Fiddlers, with caller Chrissy Fowler, will perform at a contra dance to benefit Bishopswood in our own </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7147;left:58">Bishopswood Great Hall!  Come to dance or just enjoy the music and, of course, Sandy's famous snacks. Bring </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7168;left:58">a lunch, meet staff and campers, tour Bishopswood and enjoy some of Sandy's delicious snacks!  Please come! </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6592;left:58"><B>NORTHEAST GUILD for SPIRITUAL FORMATION  </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6619;left:58"><B>PRESENTS TWO EVENTS </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6647;left:58">Cynthia Bourgeault, <I>Putting on the Mind of Christ </I>- Thursday, June 3, 9 am-3 pm at St. Andrew by the Lake </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6668;left:58">The Rev. Dr. Cynthia Bourgeault is an Episcopal priest, retreat leader, and widely recognized as one of the </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6688;left:58">foremost teachers of Centering Prayer. She is the author of several books, including "Centering Prayer and In-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6709;left:58">ner Awakening" and "The Wisdom Jesus."In this third annual Summer Guild Institute event, we shall explore </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6730;left:58">the connection between our contemplative prayer practice and our daily living into unitive, Christ conscious-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6750;left:58">ness, or what St. Paul called “putting on the mind of Christ.” Cost: $50 (Includes refreshments and snacks; </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6771;left:58">please bring your lunch) </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6813;left:58">John Chryssavgis, <I>In the Heart of the Desert </I>- Saturday, July 10, 9 am-3 pm at St. Andrew by the Lake </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6833;left:58">John was born and raised in Australia, studied in Athens (Greece) and Oxford (England). He taught in Sydney </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6854;left:58">(Australia) and Boston (USA). The author of numerous books and articles on early desert and Orthodox spiri-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6875;left:58">tuality, he currently serves as theological advisor to the Ecumenical Patriarch, the spiritual leader of Orthodox </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6895;left:58">Christians. He lives in Brunswick, Maine. Spend a day with the early desert fathers and mothers of Egypt, Pal-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6916;left:58">estine and Sinai. This retreat is a unique invitation and a penetrating introduction to a timeless spirituality.  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6937;left:58">Learn the lessons of the desert on fundamental issues we so skillfully avoid: silence and meditation, loneliness</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6957;left:58">and liberty, growth and grace. Cost: $50 (Includes refreshments and snacks; please bring your lunch.) </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7776;left:134"><B>TREASURER'S REPORT </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7804;left:134">We continue to experience Clergy compen-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7825;left:134">sation savings; about $15K so far. Pledges </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7846;left:134">are lagging about $5K behind budget. Cash </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7866;left:134">flow is ($7K), but better than the ($15K) </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7887;left:134">budgeted.  We should watch the budget  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7908;left:134">income carefully to detect any problems. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7928;left:134">We will be sending out a quarterly pledge </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7949;left:134">report to remind people of the status. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7969;left:134">Jim Vekasi </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7685;left:635"><B>WHO AM I? </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8050;left:656">Chloe Hatcher </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8089;left:58"><B>THE LIGHTER SIDE... </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8124;left:167">The children were lined up in the cafeteria of a Catholic elementary school </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8145;left:167">for lunch. At the head of the table was a large pile of apples. The nun made</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8166;left:167">a note, and posted on the apple tray: "Take only ONE. God is watching."  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8193;left:167">Moving further along the lunch line, at the other end of the table was a large </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8214;left:166">pile of chocolate chip cookies. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8235;left:166">A child had written a note, "Take all you want. God is watching the apples." </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8272;left:58">More Church Bulletin Slip-ups </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8293;left:85">We are grateful for the help of those who cleaned up the grounds around the church building and the      </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8334;left:85">The ushers will come forward and take our <B><FONT color="#9a0000" face="Times">ties </FONT></B>and offerings. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8355;left:85">The rosebud on the altar this morning is to announce the birth of David Alan Belzer, the <B><FONT color="#9a0000" face="Times">sin </FONT></B>of Reverend </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8376;left:85">and Mrs. Julius Belzer. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7361;left:58"><B>JUNIOR WARDEN’S REPORT </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7389;left:58">Thanks to two clean-up days, a remarkable building committee, and wonderful garden groups at St. John, the </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7410;left:58">buildings and grounds are in good shape.  The trim at St. Andrew has been painted, dead and dying trees have </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7431;left:58">been removed from various locations, and Stephen Sampson is moving into the Dolliver House. The Sawyer </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7451;left:58">House was reappraised and its price lowered.  I think we can now be more optimistic about selling it soon.  It </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7472;left:58">is amazing to me how much gets done at our five buildings, and how quickly and well, thanks to so many peo-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7493;left:58">ple’s hard work, particularly Ted Bromage, Paul Haertel, Jim Vekasi, and Chloe Hatcher. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7520;left:58">I have also been privileged to participate in the Island Episcopalians discussions about a new model among the </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7541;left:58">parishes and the coming six-month experiment of sharing rectors.  I’ve worked at the MDI Bio Lab long </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7562;left:58">enough to know that when you conduct an experiment, you don’t know what the results will be, but no matter </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7582;left:58">how it turns out, you will have learned something by the end.  We approach this new venture in that spirit. I </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7603;left:58">personally look forward to having three “rectors” and to being part of the parish of St. Andrew and St. John as </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7624;left:58">it continues to build a strong community and identity. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7651;left:58">Ann Cox Halkett</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8549;left:45">The Net Tender - </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8560;left:281">June 2010 </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8594;left:93">St. Andrew &amp; St. John Episcopal Church </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8624;left:45">315 Main Street ● P.O. Box 767 ● Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8639;left:45">Phone: Church Office 207-244-3229 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8655;left:45">E-mail: <B><A href="mailto:saints315@myfairpoint.net" target="_blank">saints315@myfairpoint.net</A> </B>/ website: <B><A href="http://www.standrewstjohnwebblog.com/" target="_blank">www.standrewstjohnwebblog.com</A> </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8674;left:45"><B>Office Hours: </B>Monday · Tuesday · Thursday, 8:30 a.m.—2:30 p.m.</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9151;left:139"><B>INSIDE: </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9168;left:68">Anniversaries/Birthdays</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9168;left:251">4 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9185;left:68">Bishopswood Open House  6</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9202;left:68">Clean-Up Days</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9202;left:251">1 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9220;left:68">“Courting in Church” </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9220;left:251">4</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9237;left:68">Lighter Side</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9254;left:68">Jr. Warden’s Report</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9254;left:251">7 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9271;left:68">NE Guild Events</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9271;left:251">6 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9289;left:68">NT Deadlines  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9289;left:251">3 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9306;left:68">Sr. Warden’s Notes</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9306;left:251">2 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9323;left:68">Treasurer’s Report</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9323;left:251">7 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9340;left:68">Quietside Festival </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9340;left:251">3</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9358;left:68">Vestry Meeting Bullets </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9358;left:251">6</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9375;left:68">Victory Garden</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9375;left:251">5 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9392;left:68">Westside Food Pantry</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9392;left:251">4</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9409;left:68">Who Am I?</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9409;left:239">2/7 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9426;left:68">Worship Schedule/Scripture 5 </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8729;left:45"><B>Parish Administrator </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8744;left:45">Michele Daley  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8768;left:45"><B>Music Director</B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8783;left:45">Stephen Sampson </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8808;left:45"><B>Editors </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8823;left:45">Nicole Carreno </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8843;left:45">Mary Vekasi </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9506;left:59">Net Tender or prefer to receive it by  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9523;left:59">e-mail, please call the church office. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9566;left:100">Deadline for articles for  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9583;left:86">July Net Tender is June 25</DIV>
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